The Elmhurst Police Department recently reported the following arrests and citations. Readers are reminded that an arrest does not constitute a conviction, and that subjects are considered innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law. Juveniles age 17-or-younger are not named.
Battery
Jan. 10
Eno Cela, 32, of Addison, was arrested in the 100 block of S. York at around 12:56 a.m. Police said officers were called to the Adelaide parking deck for the report of a suspect pulling on door handles on parked cars. According to police, officers found Cela, who denied trying to enter vehicles, but was uncooperative with officers. Police said Cela struck an officer with an open hand on the left arm and then spit on an officer. Cela was charged with two counts of aggravated battery.
Criminal damage to property/motor vehicle/criminal trespass to property/motor vehicle/damage to city property
Jan. 10
A victim in the 700 block of S. York told police that he parked his vehicle in a church parking lot while attending church. Upon returning to his vehicle he found the right rear passenger window was shattered. Nothing inside the vehicle appeared to be disturbed. The victim is unsure if the window was vandalized or if it was defective and self-destructed.
Jan. 8-Jan. 9
Criminal damage to property was reported in the 400 block of S. York. A victim told police that between the above dates, an unknown suspect removed a portable generator from the victim’s front porch and damaged an outside light.
Jan. 8
A complainant in the 200 block of N. Maple called 9-1-1 after hearing loud noises and male voices outside of his house at around 12:56 a.m. The complainant saw a male figure leaving westbound on Third Street, along with other groups of male and female subjects also going westbound. The complainant looked at his fence, and saw it had been damaged.
Domestic battery
Jan. 9
A 21-year-old Chicago man was arrested in the 100 block of N. Addison at around 1:41 a.m. Police said an officer observed the suspect hit and throw the victim at the above location. The victim and suspect are brothers and stated they had been drinking in a club. The suspect was charged with domestic battery.
Domestic incident
Jan. 10
The mother of a victim told police that she suspects the victim’s father is physically abusing and neglecting the victim during court-assigned visitation hours. An officer contacted the DuPage County Sheriff’s Office, which conducted a well-being check at the father’s residence. They reported that the victim was fine and was not being abused or neglected. DCFS was notified of the incident.
Jan. 9
An officer and medics responded to the 100 block of W. North at around 9:21 p.m. to the report of an unconscious person having trouble breathing in a car at the above location. Medics administered Narcan® and then took the victim to Elmhurst Hospital for treatment. The victim told paramedics that he had ingested heroin.
DUI/DUI-drugs/illegal consumption/possession of alcohol/public intoxication
Jan. 13
Francis Derobertis, 21, of Elmhurst, was arrested in the 400 block of Spring at around 10:27 p.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Derobertis was found to be DUI. A juvenile passenger in the vehicle was attempting to conceal cannabis inside his pants, according to police. The passenger was released without charges to his mother pending a juvenile petition for unlawful possession of cannabis. Derobertis was charged with DUI, endangering the health/life of a child, improper lane usage and speeding.
Jan. 10
Karla Morales, 24, of Waukegan, was arrested near York and Fremont at around 1:28 a.m. and charged with DUI, speeding and no insurance.
Harassment
Jan. 8
A victim in the 700 block of S. Spring told police she was attempting to sell an item online using the application Letgo. An unknown suspect attempted to purchase the item, however the victim refused the offer. The suspect then began calling the victim insulting names and stated he tracked her location and was on the way over. The victim will sign complaints, if the suspect is located.
Leaving the scene
Jan. 11
Eliezer Martinez, 25, of Lockport, was cited in the 600 block of N. York at around 4:20 p.m. Subsequent to a hit and run, police said Martinez fled from the scene, but later came in to the police department. He was cited for leaving the scene of a property damage accident and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident.
Possession of cannabis/drug paraphernalia/controlled substance/tobacco
Jan. 12
• William Crimmins, 37, of Wayne City, Ill., was arrested at a restaurant 300 block of S. Route 83 at around 1:46 p.m. Officers responded to a call of a person inside the restaurant allegedly stealing money from the tip jar. Contact was made with Crimmins, the suspect, in the restaurant. Crimmins was searched and a white powdery substance was found in his pocket, according to police. Police said Crimmins resisted arrest; he was charged with theft, possession of controlled substance, disorderly conduct, possession of cannabis and resisting a police officer.
• Markell Young, 18, of Elmhurst, was arrested in the 100 block of W. Diversey Ave. at around 8:48 p.m. Subsequent to a suspicious auto, police said cannabis was located in plain view and in the passenger’s hand. Young was charged with unlawful possession of cannabis. The passenger was released to her parents pending a direct file with the States Attorney’s office.
Jan. 10
• Henry Hernandez, 21, of Bensenville, was arrested in the 100 block of Fellows at around 5:10 p.m. Police said an officer observed two suspects seated inside a parked car in an apartment complex parking lot. Upon making contact with the occupants an officer detected an odor of cannabis, according to police. Subsequent to a search an officer located drug paraphernalia and cannabis belonging to Hernandez, police said. Hernandez was charged with possession of cannabis and possession of drug paraphernalia.
• Dwight Weeks, 27, of Berkeley, was arrested near Butterfield and York at around 10:02 a.m. Subsequent to a traffic stop, police said Weeks was found to be in possession of cannabis. Weeks was charged with possession of cannabis, no valid driver’s license, failure to yield and no seatbelt.
Theft/burglary/attempted theft or burglary/identity theft/fraud/forgery/deceptive practice/obstruction/robbery
Jan. 13
A victim in the 200 block of S. Route 83 told police that an unknown suspect purchased multiple gift cards on two separate occasions using two different debit cards.
Jan. 10
A victim in the 100 block of E. Lake told police that while attending a charity event at a hotel in Chicago, an unknown suspect took her wallet from her purse. She stated her bankcard was used to make a purchase.
Jan. 9
• Attempted commercial burglary was reported at a liquor store in the 100 block of E. Fullerton at around 1:58 p.m. Police said an officer responded to the store due to a glass break burglar alarm activation. Upon arrival a large rock was located on the ground near the entrance. Security footage showed an unknown suspect described as a black male wearing baggy jeans, with a blue colored hoody covering his head, throw the large rock at the door window. The window didn’t break and the suspect fled on foot in a northeast direction immediately after, according to police.
• A complainant at a hardware store in the 100 block of E. First told police that a suspect attempted to purchase a snow scraper by paying with a counterfeit $20 bill. When the clerk rejected the bill the suspect took the bill back and paid for the merchandise with two $1 bills. The suspect then left the store.
Jan. 8-Jan. 9
• A victim in the 200 block of S. Berkley told police that between the above dates, an unknown suspect(s) entered his unlocked vehicle and removed an unspecified amount of cash and an I-Pass.
• A victim in the 400 block of Mitchell told police that his daughter parked his vehicle in the driveway of their residence. The victim returned to the vehicle and found the glove box ajar and contents strewn about the vehicle. Loose change was missing from the console.
• Burglary to a motor vehicle was reported in the 300 block of Utley at around 3:31 p.m. A victim told police that sometime overnight an unknown suspect entered his unlocked vehicle while it was parked in his driveway and disturbed the contents of the glove compartment.
Jan. 8
• Burglary to a motor vehicle was reported in the 200 block of N. York at around 10:24 p.m. The victim told police that an unknown suspect broke the passenger side window on her vehicle while it was parked at the above location. The suspect also removed her bag, which contained a laptop.
• A victim in the 200 block of Maple told police that an unknown suspect removed a for-sale sign from a client’s front yard.
Jan. 7
• An officer responded to a store in the 300 block of S. Route 83 to the report of retail theft where two suspects described as black females took various clothing items and left without paying in a blue van. Further investigation is pending.
• A victim in the 100 block of Fairfield told police that an unknown suspect used her personal information to add two phone lines to her Verizon account. The lines were added to her account at a store on the east coast. The victim canceled the account and said she would notify her bank that her identity had been compromised.
Jan. 2-Jan. 3
A victim in the 400 block of E. May St. told police he had two friends stay the night and during that time, his gold watch went missing.
Dec. 11-Dec. 17, 2015
A complainant and owner of a gas station in the 500 block of W. Lake St. told police he was notified by a credit card processor that 10 fraudulent transactions between the above dates took place at the station.
Warrant service
Jan. 7
Henry G. Jauregui-Escobe, 22, of Berkeley, was arrested in the 100 block of E. First St. at around 10:50 a.m. Police said Jauregui-Escobe came to the Police Department to turn himself in on a failure to appear warrant, which was confirmed.
